Woman Fails to Smuggle 102 iPhones Strapped to Body into China

At that place is a toll difference between an iPhone purchased in Hong Kong and one purchased in mainland China. In Hong Kong, Apple'southward smartphone is cheaper, so in that location'south a great temptation to smuggle iPhones through customs and into China to brand some quick cash.

The more than yous can smuggle in, the more profit at that place is to be had. Withal, throwing hundreds of phones into a bag will easily get y'all caught when the bag is scanned. So the preferred method is strapping them to your body and trying to human action natural. I woman just tried that with 102 iPhones and failed.

According to 9to5Mac, every bit well as 102 iPhones she also managed to squeeze in xv luxury watches. The total weight being carried was around 44 pounds. Attempt acting and walking naturally while carrying that effectually!

Unfortunately for her, customs officials in Shenzhen noticed some unusual bulges on her torso and pulled her aside. If she wasn't sweating before that point, I guarantee she was as they started their search.

In one case her wear had been fully searched and all the phones and watches removed she was arrested. As the prototype from XMNN above reveals, well-nigh of the iPhones were packed several deep in a band around her tummy as well as into the top of her underwear. How she sat down remains a mystery, but I suspect it wasn't very comfy to do so if she could at all.

Plain 102 iPhone isn't the record for most smartphones smuggled. In 2022, a man tried the same matter with 146 iPhones. He also failed. You may as well think back in April two men were arrested at JFK for attempting to smuggle $380,000 worth of cocaine into the United states. In that instance they idea padding their legs with the white stuff would get them past community. They were incorrect.